Week 5 Stats

I agree fully on your statements regarding the scale.  I have officially moved the scale to James' bathroom (the icky man bathroom that I don't like using) and do not plan on visiting it much! 

It was a rough week, but you are completely right.  We have taken much better care of ourselves so far--it is definitely not like in the past with fast food/eating out.  We are really doing well and I am still very proud of us!

My stats have not changed from last week and I am not going to report a weight because the scale told me yesterday that I was above starting weight (the liar).  Even if I am above that weight, it is muscle and water....  it's not like I gained all those pounds back from one cheat meal and missing a couple workouts.  I'm going to be logical here!

Things I gained this week:

• Re-motivation
•  Rest/recovery
• New workout ideas
• Muscle
• Perspective with this journey and the scale

Things I did not gain this week

• Fat

Here's my workout schedule and goals for the week (P.S. I love your goals this week)

  

This week is gonna be a good one!!!!

February 5th - 5 weeks in

Good morning!

I'm sorry you had a rough week. I wish I had some magical advice to make everything better. Just know that I'm here if you ever get the urge to just talk it out. I think rest weeks are a necessity. If we did this consistently for the whole year with no breaks occasionally I think we would be so burned out that our body would hate us for it. I've decided the scale is completely useless as well. You can lose weight by being completely sedentary and just eating fat-free, who knows what's in it food as long as your calories are low enough. Clearly that is not healthy and we are doing such wonderful things for our bodies that it's hard to know if we should even keep weighing in. I guess it's good to just monitor as we go to see what develops by I think we should decide that the number means nothing.

I've had a semi-breakthrough this week. I repeated those quotes to myself this week along with just trying to counter every negative thought I've had with either something positive or I've just been telling myself to stop being negative when negativity pops into my head. It's crazy how many negative thoughts I've had but I must admit I feel better. Now I didn't have a super great week. I took Thursday and Saturday off because of social functions that interfered but I think back to last year when I wasn't working out and eating out all the time. Sonic at late night almost every night. Life this year is so good so it's hard to be mad at myself for a not so great couple of days.

I say we celebrate all the great things we've done for ourselves these first 5 weeks! We rock!

Weekly Stats:
Weight: 156 (same)
Arms: 12"/12.5" (I'm looking at this as becoming a muscle machine)
Bust: 33" (down .5")
Waist: 28" (down .5")
Hips: 35.5"(this seems to fluctuate every week. Maybe this is where my weight goes first)
Thighs: 24"/24"(both are getting closer to 23.5 but not quite there just yet)
Calves: 15"/15" (same)

I'm going to switch up my breakfasts and lunches this week. I'm starting to get tired of that food and don't want to get burnt out totally. Dinner this week will be lentil tacos and some sort of veggie, looking for options later. I've become a lover of lentils after the lentil sloppy joes. They were amazing!

Workout Schedule for the week:
Monday: Kickboxing
Tuesday: Zumba and a short run (trying to get something extra in on Zumba nights)
Wednesday: Elliptical early before work
Thursday: Looking for a new class to try out
Friday: Rest
Saturday: Body pump + spin class

Weekly Goals:
1. Water 64 oz a day (I did better this week! Still not quite there but much better!)
2. Bed by 10:30 (I did well until Thursday came along. Midnight movie with Larry was definitely not in bed by 10:30)
3. Stretching and positive thinking for 10 minutes every morning

Rough Week...

.....and I stupidly got on the scale this morning.  I may just throw it out the window!!!!!  It upsets me too much when it tells me these lies.

So this week was a bit rough for me.  First of all, James was sick from Saturday-Thursday with some terrible GI bug.  He was so nauseous that even the smell of cooking food would make him sick.  This poses a problem when the other person in the house actually wants to eat.  Problem #2: I had to work both Tuesday and Thursday evenings until late so I was on a weird schedule and was really tired.  (I realize these are only excuses, but I'm listing them anyway.)  I worked out on Monday and Tuesday, but that was it for this week (I'm about to go to the gym and get back on the horse!), so naturally my mood has been terrible!  I also had a cheat meal this week--I'd been having terrible cravings for carbs all week, so I planned out that on Thursday I would allow myself to have a cheat meal.  I had small portions and didn't feel gross or guilty afterward (this was also pre-approved by James as not cheating on Atkins, so I don't lose--he participated as well).


Gym To-Do:

• bicep curls 12 reps x3 sets
• triceps on machine  12 reps x 3 sets
• lat pull-downs 12 reps x3 sets
• cross body pull downs 12 reps x3 sets
• Three-way shoulders: bent over dumbbell rows, bent over dumbbell flies, straight arm dumbbell raises to front.  12 reps of each x 3 super-sets
• Squats: 12 reps x 3 sets
• Lunges with dumbbells 12 reps x 3sets
• Calf Raises with dumbbells 15 each side x 3 sets
• Weighted side step-ups, 15 each side x3 sets
• Dead lift 12 reps x3
• Push-ups in between dead lift sets
• 30 second planks x3
• Roman twist abs with weight disc
• incline crunches with weight
• back extensions with weight

I think I am going to sit down later and re-motivate myself.  I feel guilty about this past week, but then I stop and thing that maybe a "rest week" is a good thing every now and then.  p90x and Insanity both have a rest week about 4-5 weeks in, so maybe this is what I needed.  

I was just going to comment, but it got long.... and then it turned into a whole new topic.

I agree. So many gimmicks out there!  I feel like most of it is just about money with most of these diets too, which is frustrating to me.  I really felt like that on WW and feel like  that if I ever visit the Atkins site (they promote a lot of fake food type stuff which just looks yuck!)...

But then I feel like some of the diets are just so "hippy-ish" and are concerned with so many "toxins" harming our bodies...well, I'm pretty sure every time I pump gas I inhale "toxins" or every time I use Listerine, I'm absorbing "toxins"....where do you draw the line??  I can't use paper products because they ruin the planet, but I can't use plastic either because they'll give me cancer or autism or something.

Why can't we just eat what we want??  I know why I can't, because I would binge on things like cake or pop-tarts.  I've been having a rough past couple of days where I literally daydream about things to go home and pig out on that are not Atkins-friendly.  These mostly involve ice cream and french fries.  Not because I feel deprived by any means, but because I'm tired and emotional, and just feel drained.  Why do I want a cupcake to fix that???  Is it because growing up, baked goods meant love and comfort??  I'm feeling like things aren't fair right now.  (i.e. why some people could eat poptarts and cupcakes for every meal with no consequences) For the record, I have not given in to these urges!
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Who's Invited: You Are!
What: Manda's Pity-Party
When: This very night!

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I love this blog post.  Now she does talk about Atkins so just ignore that part but the rest of it is exactly how I feel. So many differing opinions. Which to believe? Which is right for me? I feel like she could be our friend!

Reminders

Here is a quote that I am trying to repeat to myself daily:

"You yourself, deserve your love and affection as much as anybody in the universe"

I have been struggling with this for the past week (and really all my life, let's be honest) and at certain times it's been really rough.

I feel like I see myself as one thing and then when I go out into the real world and that image doesn't seem to be affirmed in others then I start doubting who I am. Then I found another quote on Pinterest that says..."How Others see you is not important. How you see yourself is everything." Something else I need to repeat to myself. If I would keep positively reassuring myself instead of letting negative thoughts creep in I Think life would feel a lot different.

Just daily reminders that we are worthy and we can be whoever we want to be.

Goals for the Week

1. Take lunch every day
2. Workout a minimum of 5 days this week.  
3. 12-15g of net carbs from veggies every day!!